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Peggy Grodinsky
Staff Writer
Peggy is the editor of the Food & Dining section and the books page at the Portland Press Herald. Previously, she was executive editor of Cook’s Country, a Boston-based national magazine published by America’s Test Kitchen. She spent several years in Texas as food editor at the Houston Chronicle. Peggy has taught food writing to graduate students at New York University and Harvard Extension School. She worked for seven years at the James Beard Foundation in New York and spent a year as a journalism fellow at the University of Hawaii. Her work has appeared in “Best of Food Writing” in 2017 and in “Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing” in 2008.
Posted inLife & Culture
Society Notebook: Center for Grieving Children celebrates 35 years of the healing power of love
The annual Love Gala returned for the first time since the pandemic began.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Step up steak and potatoes with a punchy horseradish cream
Supper comes together in just 30 minutes yet still feels celebratory.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘My Friend Tells Me About the Last Day at the Bass Shoe Factory,’ By Abbie Kiefer
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This caper-and-lemon fish schnitzel has a crisp crust with no frying
And with this dish, it’s just 30 minutes to a flavorful dinner.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
How do I love thee, brown butter? Let us count the ways
Used in baking, with seafood or drizzled on vegetables, brown butter offers nutty, complex depth that improves everything it touches.
Posted inFood, Recipes
This rich stew from a Native American chef connects us to the land
The warming stew, made from ingredients native to North America, is all about nourishment and comfort.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
In his latest novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding fictionalizes Maine’s Malaga Island
In luminous prose, ‘This Other Eden’ tells a wrenching tale of mixed race islanders forcibly removed by the state.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘Knock at the Cabin’ is the politest home-invasion thriller you’ll ever see
Dave Bautista stars in M. Night Shyamalan’s provocative horror film about mild-mannered intruders spouting apocalyptic prophecy.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Theater review: Mad Horse’s production of ‘Quills’ is provocative and very funny
With his violent, erotic writing, was the Marquis de Sade an advocate for freedom of expression or the devil incarnate?